Sunday, June 10, 2012

Huge Giveaway for our New Release Day Party!!!

Welcome to T.C. Archers Release Party!! Do we have some treats for you!!! So I have paired up with this hot writing team to bring all my saucy viewers some amazing stuff. But before we get into the goods, let's talk with TC Archer and take a look at Full Throttle:

Hi, everyone. We’re T. C.
Archer, the writing team of T. C. Archer. This is our first time here at Close
Encounters With the Night Kind and we’re excited to be here. Thanks, Nikki, for
having us! We write romantic and erotic sci-fi, romantic suspense and paranormal
romance. Today, we’re talking about our latest release, the NASCAR themed
romantic suspense Full Throttle.

Gail ‘Jimmy’ James is the first female NASCAR
mechanic. As if competing in a man’s world isn’t tough enough, her bombshell
looks belie her genius.

Rising star NASCAR driver Rex Henderson is stunned to
discover his new mechanic is smokin’ hot. Rex intends to own his own crew, but
he must end the season number one if he’s to save his family and his dream. No
female is getting in his way—especially his gorgeous new mechanic.

Nothing Jimmy knew about Rex Henderson the driver
prepared her for Rex Henderson the man. But Jimmy has no time to consider her
feelings as Rex wins race after race, despite strange mechanical problems with
his car. Whether sabotage or her inexperience, she must stay a step ahead of
trouble if she’s to ensure future wins—and safeguard her heart against the
handsome, Alabama racecar driver.

We
absolutely loved writing this book. (We say that every time!) Evan wrote all
the racing scenes and he knows his stuff, so NASCAR fans will be right at home.
Anyone who doesn’t know much about NASCAR will thrill at the feel of the rumble
of our hero’s No. 14 Chevy beneath him as he heats up the track and speeds his
way into his new head mechanic’s heart.

Here’s
a peek—

“When do
you expect the new mechanic?” Rex asked, eyes fixed on the photo. “I want to
start testing the new Yates engine we bought for Daytona.”

“We’ve
already started.”

Rex jerked
his attention back to Duff. “You know I like to be around from day one. Emerson
would have called.”

“Rex, you
need to know Jimmy is—”

“I haven’t
even met this guy and you’ve got him working on my car. Since when?”

“Since
Wednesday. Look, there’s something—”

“Four days?
I want to see what he’s done.” Rex tossed the photo onto Duff’s desk and
turned.

“Rex—” Duff
jumped to his feet and started around the desk. The phone rang and he cursed.
“Rex,” he called as he grabbed the phone. “Winston. Yeah, I got the pictures.
In fact—”

Rex took a
left out the office door and strode past Emerson’s office, then past the office
of the new accountant, Gary Blackeagle. The last office belonged to Brent
Douglas, the guy who’d had Rex’s job for six years before he got caught with
his pants down and a barely legal aged girl jammed between him and his locker.

Rex pushed
open the door to the garage and stepped onto freshly waxed concrete. Despite
last year’s sting, his heart raced as it always did at the start of the season
when he first laid eyes on the immaculate eight thousand square-foot garage.

A dozen
red, five-foot-tall toolboxes stood guard beside the uncluttered workbenches
that lined the cinderblock walls. No. 14 sat in the first assembly area on the
right, awaiting paint and window netting. Rex slid his gaze along the trunk and
over the top of the car. The new Chevy was his ticket to owning a crew next
season.

He started
forward, then halted when a shapely figure in powder blue coveralls shifted
into view. She bent over the engine like a real mechanic. What idiot had left
his girlfriend to roam the garage alone? Rex dropped his gaze from the red
ponytail to the feminine undercarriage on her fine frame and angled his head to
get a better look. He couldn’t see her face, but judging by her body, her boyfriend
had taste.

She
pressed against the fender and in closer to the engine, straddling the front
tire like Daisy Duke at her finest. Ouch!
The fabric of the coveralls stretched across the lovely curves of her buttocks,
complete with bikini brief panty lines. Rex shook off an unexpected need to
hook a finger under those panties.

He crept
to the car with panther-like stealth. She hadn’t emerged from the open hood
when he leaned a hip against the fender beside her and drawled, “What fool left
you alone in my garage, darlin’?” She stilled, and he ran his gaze the length
of her five foot four body, then back to her taut rear end. He laughed softly.
“You better come out before you get dirty.” Rex shifted his attention to the
sparkplug wire she gripped. He straightened in shocked anger. “What the hell
are you doing to my car?”

He seized
her arm as she started to straighten and yanked her from under the hood. Her
head struck the hood with a thunk. She gasped and Rex released her.

“Ouch!”
Her hand flew to the top of her head and vigorously massaged the spot. “Why did
you do that?”

“No
one screws with my—”

She jerked
her head around and Rex’s mouth went dry when his gaze met gorgeous brown eyes
tinged with fury.

“That
hurt!” She shoved back a lock of hair that had fallen loose from her ponytail
and glared at him.

Those were
the eyes a cowboy found only in a dream—and in midnight encounters in front of
a wood-burning fire.

The
sprinkling of pale freckles across her cheeks scrunched up when she wrinkled
her nose. Her eyes narrowed. “Here, hot-shot.” She shoved the sparkplug wire
into his chest. “You put the plug wires on. You know the firing order of your Chevy V-8?”

Rex
raised a brow. “As a matter of fact—”

“Let me get
you started,” she snapped as she gave her head another vigorous rub, “one,
five, two, eight…”

“Look,”
Rex retorted, “no one touches—” A hand clamped down on his shoulder and he
whirled to find Duff standing behind him.

“I see
you’ve met Jimmy James, our new mechanic,” Duff said.

Rex stared
at the buxom figure, then faced Duff. “Mechanic? What the hell were you
thinking? Even in those coveralls she doesn’t look like a mechanic. She looks
like a…like a…hell, like she belongs
on Sex in the City.”

“Hey!” she
exclaimed.

“Her
qualifications are top notch,” Duff interrupted.

“Why didn’t
you just paint her on the hood hugging the damn Cozy fabric softener rabbit?”
Rex shot back. “That’d get Cozy to renew their sponsorship for the next ten
years.” He pictured her, sheet thrown across breasts and hips, one leg sprawled
over the rabbit’s belly. “We’ll get nothing done with her around,” he added
tightly.

“I know who
he is.” The lock of hair had fallen across her eye again. She jammed it behind
an ear. “You ought to keep him in his cage.”

Duff
chuckled. Rex gave him a thin-lipped scowl, then leaned against the car and
crossed his arms over his chest. Jimmy flicked him a withering glare. His groin
pulsed.

He ran his
gaze down her body before meeting her fiery brown eyes again. “Only if you’ll
be my cage-mate.”

She drew a
sharp breath and a camera flash lit the garage behind Rex. He whirled in time
to catch a second flash in the eyes. Spots raced across his vision, but he made
out the figure straightening from a crouch behind a workbench near the side
door. The man lifted the camera to his eye and Rex jammed his eyes shut an
instant before the flash penetrated his eyelids.

Rex snapped
open his eyes and started for the paparazzo. “I’m going to kick your ass!”

The man
pivoted toward the side door.

Rex
accelerated to a sprint with Duff close behind.

The
photographer bolted through the door. “Sex
in the City!” He laughed, adding before the door banged shut behind him,
“Cage-mates.”

Rex slammed
into the door a second later and flung it open as the photographer dove into
the passenger seat of a beat up blue Subaru. Rex hit the asphalt at a sprint as
the car leaped into gear, passenger door ajar. Rex picked up speed. The Subaru
slowed at the end of the building and Rex thought he had him, but the car
rounded the corner and accelerated toward the open gate at the entrance.

Dammit.
During the off-season, no guard manned the front gate. Rex cursed again and
picked up speed. The paparazzo had probably followed him onto the property. He
should have closed the security gate after he entered.

The car
leaped over the parking lot speed bump and hit the street, tires squealing as
it hung a right and zoomed away. Rex slowed and stopped at the curb. The blue
compact had reached the end of the block and took a hard left toward the
freeway. Damn. He didn’t get the license number.

Duff halted
next to him, breathing hard.

Rex glared
at him. “What do you say now, Duff?”

Duff’s gaze
locked on the direction the car had taken. “I say all of Dallas will know what
Howard Motors has up its sleeve by tomorrow morning, the rest of the world by
supper time.”

Inside the
garage, an engine starter whined. Rex turned toward the garage and stared as
the engine caught, followed by the roar of exhaust when Jimmy pumped the
accelerator in short, quick stabs.

Hi,First off I love your blog!!! Second thank you so much for introducing me to a new author!! This book sounds so good and I am looking forward to have a chance at winning!! The cover and excerpt definitely got my attention!! LOL Thanks again!! Have a great weekend!!

OMG I Gotta Say Thanks For All You Do For Us Readers Love You Blog Im A Big Fan. Love The Book Interview ANd Excerpt It Was Wonderful. Now I Am Dieing To Know The Main Male Lead In Your Book What Was Tour Thought On Him Is He Based On A Real NASCAR Driver Or Is He Someone You Created Yourself. To Answer Leanness Question Yes There Is A Woman NASCAR Driver Her Name Is Danika Patrick Check Her Out She IS Great Love Her.

Hey, Rachel, great to see you! Shawn here, and I can say I didn't have to do one bit of mechanical research. HA!! Evan knows ALL that stuff. He's a PhD in real life and a backyard mechanic. He is king of all things technical, mechanical and NASCAR. That's why you'll find Full Throttle to be on the realistic side of NASCAR--especially the racing scenes, all of which he wrote. He KNOWS NASCAR. I learned a lot and fell in love with the sport.

Years ago, Evan wrote a short story about a ghost who raced a car. I fell in love with that story. Evan is an amazing writer. When Harlequin signed the contract with NASCAR for racing themed romances, I got the idea that we should write one. Our then agent found out that only Harlequin authors were being picked for those books, but by then Evan and I had already started Full Throttle and weren't about to stop. We love writing romantic suspense, and he loved NASCAR. When I fell in love with the sport, well... it was pretty much a done deal for us at that point. Heh heh.

Rex is definitely of our making, but he's a NASCAR driver through and through. Anyone who knows the sport knows race car drivers are a particular breed--something I learned in researching for this book. They are really men who never great up! ROFL. What more fun in a romance can you possibly have?

Evan's research consisted mainly of specifics concerning the different racetracks and how the cars reacted on them--if I recall. He can elaborate more. As for myself, I had to learn all about the sport. Aside from learning about NASCAR itself, I watched youtube videos, read articles, and personal blogs that gave me insight into the mentality of those involved in the sport. I was really surprised to learn the nuances of how the car reacts on the track. It really does come down to strategy.

Really, Evan knew the sport. That's why we were willing to write the book. As for me, I had to start from scratch. I love research--that's half the reason I'm a writer. So it wasn't difficult to throw myself into the task. There's a reason NASCAR is so popular--it's downright fun!

Jimmy's character is of our making, but we did create her to fit the sport. We wanted Full Throttle to be very realistic--which is why Rex is so darned funny. He really is what a NASCAR racecar driver is like in real life. I absolutely love his character, and the really cool thing about the chemistry between Jimmy and Rex is how evenly matched they are. Each gets the better of the other at one time or another. It's just downright funny.

Hello everyone. This is Evan. Part of my research was to rent radio headphones at a NASCAR race to listen to the spotters, drivers, and crew chief. I've always wanted to do that that, but in the name of research, it was such a burden :-)

The Brunette Librarian--We haven't decided yet, but if folks like this book, we figure we'll just keep writing them. NASCAR and suspense are a great deal of fun to write.

Kassandra--We researched everything from racing conditions to the drivers themselves. We believed that in order for NASCAR fans to feel we'd delivered a good book we had to keep it real. Those new to NASCAR would discover their love of this type of fiction.

Kyrstal--For Rex, we drew heavily on what makes up the NASCAR racing driver mentality. As we said earlier, they really are boys that never grew up. NASCAR is a fast paced sport that requires lots of nerve. These guys like to live on the edge, and our Rex Henderson fits the bill. As for Jimmy, we wanted someone evenly matched for a man of that ilk. She's smart, but very human, just like Rex.

Emily--that's a funny story. Evan and I started writing on a lark. We were challenged to write a short story which was entitled The Pickle My Little Friend. This came about as a result of a conversation we had with our critique partner, who had gotten an email for, er, male enhancements. The email subject was something like "my little friend." Our conversation turned to pickles--no surprised huh? And I coined the title The Pickle My Little Friend and said the title needed a story. Evan said I should write it, I said he should, and our friend said we should write it together. We did, and now here we are, many novels later, writing more and more. You just never know where the tiniest thing will lead.

Di--great question. I have not driven a NASCAR, and you probably couldn't get me in one. I've falling in love with the fast paced sport, but hate fast rides! ROFL. How's that? (It's impossible to get me on a roller coaster.) When Evan pops back in we'll see if he's driven in a NASCAR. He just might have.

Maria--oh yeah, you'll have a blast too! What do I do? I read a lot and spend time with my daughter--when she'll allow it. (She's fourteen.) I love many books. My all time favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities. I know, a long ways from NASCAR romantic suspense. I love Interview with a Vampire and The Green Mile. In suspense, I love John Sandford and Dean Koontz.

Kassandra: I did a lot of research on stock cars and what makes them tick. I work on my own cars and trucks and I have some friends who know a lot more than I do. My best source is a guy who is retiring a '72 'cuda an putting a huge Hemi engine in it.

From what I have read it sounds like a really good book. I don't watch NASCAR, but that is what I love about books. I learn just enough about something to make it look like I know what I am talking about.lol I can't wait to read your book.

Books4 me: In some ways, it is hard to collaborate. One writer has to take the lead to things go haywire, but mostly yo have to trust your partner more than yourself. You can't be in love with your own writing and you can't allow your partner's writing to pass muster when it's not quite up to speed. Collaborating is easier in regards to having two people looking and plotting and reading and filling holes. We don't miss a lot when we're writing together. It always helps when we're experts on different subjects. I leave the romance up to Tara. She leaves the racing elements up to me. It's a perfect combination.

The book sounds interesting. I guess I'm a little strange myself, I love working on cars (we own 3 classics including my 1966 Plymouth Barracuda), but I can't stand NASCAR. "They're making a left turn...." LOLI've read a few of the other comments and most of my questions were already asked and answered.I guess the only thing I want to know is have you done one of those dream experiences where you can drive an actual NASCAR around the track?

What a great idea! A female mechanic. Not something you see everyday. I like things that are just off the beaten path. As I read the questions already asked, you answered so many of mine. Since you have done a book with NASCAR, would you consider doing Motorcross or Boat racing in addition to this?Melbournmelissa at hotmail dot com

The inspiration for this one came from a short story I wrote about a driver with a horrible wreck in his past and a nutty friend. The short story came from watching practice laps at a NASCAR race. Tara was thinking of that short story when she suggested we write a NASCAR themed romance.

Vanessa--When Harlequin signed the contract with NASCAR, we decided to try our hand at NASCAR romance. Harlequin was using its established authors, so that was our for us. But we loved the idea, so jumped right in.

Oh yes, I know the story that inspired that event with Evan. Skull Diving is the title. The genre is light horror and it's part of what Evan calls The Stuart Stories. They're fabulous. In fact, one of The Stuart Stories is about a racecar driver who's a ghost. 'Driven' was the title. I still love that story. That story is what convinced me Evan and I could write Full Throttle.

Like Tara said, some stories are bigger than one novel. We have a series that takes place during World War II. A war like that one has so many stories waiting to be told, and these are about super heroes and super villains that secretly played a part. The first starts with Chain Reaction and the secret activity developing the atomic bomb at the Manhattan Project.

Thank you Nikki for hosting T.C. Archers on your Blog, Close Encounters with the Night Kind, today. Nikki you always bring your Blog Fans Great Authors & their Awesome Books, I just Love your Blog.

Thank you both, T.C. Archers for taking the time out of your busy day to spend with Nikki's Fan & welcome to Close Encounters With the Night Kind, Nikki has such a Kick A** Blog & we are enjoying having you here with Us.

Thanks for sharing your new releaase with Us, "Full Throttle", WoooHooo a NASCAR Themed Romantic Suspense, I LOVE IT!!! Your Blurb was Intriguing , the Excerpt hooks the Reader for more & thank you for answering everyone's questions.

I'm a HUGE NASCAR Fan, Total Race Babe here<------ LOLThis sounds like a Smokin' Hot Book, Heatin' UP the Track...& the Bedroom! ;)

Denice--When Harlequin signed the contract with NASCAR for NASCAR romances, I approached Evan with the idea that we should write one. He had written a short racing story, and I loved it. With Evan's knowledge of NASCAR and his amazing ability to write those racing scenes, I believed we could write a great novel. I think I was right.

Christine--Really, we have no preference as to stand alone or series. Both have their challenges. I read a lot of suspense, historical romance and sci fi.

YW--What a tough question! We don't know which genre we like writing better. We usually love best whatever we're writing at the time. Each genre really does present its own unique challenges, and it's a thrill to try and wear the different writer hats.

Jolene--My all time favorite writer is Charles Dickens. Modern writers, Stephen King and Ann Rice. I love John Sandford, Nero Wolfe, and Amanda Quick--to name a few! Heh heh. Every one of these amazing writers inspired me. Amanda Quick was the first, though. My mother gave me one of her books and I fell in love with fiction again. Shawn

Leigh--I researched NASCAR from square one. I really knew very little about the sport. As a result, I fell in love with it. Evan researched a bunch about NASCAR rules, mechanics and such. He knows the sport very well.

Stacie--We can't say yet, if more men are reading Full Throttle. The book has just been released. But we have wondered if that might not be the case. It would sure be cool.

Helen--In this case, the plot really developed by the panster method. We knew we wanted Jimmy and Rex to be evenly matched, and we wanted their story conflict to be less baggage themed and more current external conflict. Otherwise, we just sat down and let our muse have its way. The resulting chemistry is unique--or so we think.

I am always excited to learn of a new (to me) author / book! This one seems extra fun with pushing the limits of how we view our place as woman. What in your life or experience inspired this?At any rate, thanks ladies!lavendersbluegreen(at)yahoo(dot)com

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